Hitotsubashi University

A national university corporation, it dates back to Mori Arinori's privately established Commercial Law Training School in 1875 (Meiji 8). In 1884, it came under the direct control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and was renamed Tokyo Commercial School. The following year, in 1885, it came under the direct control of the Ministry of Education, merged with Tokyo School of Foreign Languages ​​and moved to Kanda Hitotsubashi, from which the current university name comes. It was later renamed Tokyo Higher Commercial School in 1902 (Meiji 35), and became Tokyo University of Commerce in 1920 (Taisho 9). In addition to its undergraduate programs, the university also had a preparatory school, a commercial studies department, and a commercial teacher training institute, and developed into Japan's first social science university. Throughout the Meiji and Taisho periods, it produced many talented people who would play a key role in the development of Japan's economy and society. Between 1927 (Showa 2) and 1930, it moved from Hitotsubashi to its current location.

In 1949, the former Tokyo University of Commerce was reorganized as Hitotsubashi University, becoming a new national university with the faculties of commerce, economics, and law and sociology. In 1951, the faculties of law and sociology were separated and reorganized into two faculties, resulting in a four-faculty system. The education system based on the seminar system has been a tradition since before the Second World War, and has built a unique academic style that is both practical and academic. The graduate school has doctoral programs in all fields of law, sociology, economics, and commerce, and the Graduate School of Language and Society was established in 1996 and the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy in 1998. In addition, the Department of International and Public Policy Education and the Department of International and Public Policy Research were established in 2005. The attached research institute is the Economic Research Institute (predecessor to the East Asian Economic Research Institute, founded in 1940), and the attached education and research facilities include the Innovation Research Center and the Center for Social Science Classics, known for its rich collection of domestic and international social science classics. In April 2004, following the enforcement of the National University Corporation Law, the university became a national university corporation. Its headquarters are located at 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi City, Tokyo.

[Toru Magose]

"Hitotsubashi University Academic History" (1986), edited and published by Hitotsubashi University ; "Hitotsubashi University 120-Year History" (1995), edited and published by Hitotsubashi University

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国立大学法人。起源は1875年（明治8）森有礼(ありのり)の私設になる商法講習所に発する。1884年農商務省の直轄となり東京商業学校と改称。翌1885年文部省直轄となり、東京外国語学校と合併して神田一ツ橋に場所を移す。現大学名はこれに由来する。その後、1902年（明治35）東京高等商業学校と改称、1920年（大正9）東京商科大学となる。大学には学部のほかに予科、商学専門部、商業教員養成所が置かれ、日本で最初の社会科学系大学として発展。明治・大正期を通じて、日本の経済社会の発展を担う多くの人材を輩出した。1927（昭和2）～1930年、一ツ橋から現在地に移転。

　1949年（昭和24）旧制東京商科大学を改組して一橋大学とし、商学部、経済学部、法学社会学部を置く新制国立大学となった。1951年法学社会学部を法学部と社会学部とに分離改組し、4学部体制となる。ゼミナール制度を軸とする教育体制は第二次世界大戦前からの伝統で、実学的であると同時にアカデミックな独自の学風を築いてきた。大学院は、法学、社会学、経済学、商学の全分野に博士課程の研究科が設置されているほかに1996年（平成8）言語社会研究科が、1998年には国際企業戦略研究科が置かれた。ほかに2005年（平成17）設置の国際・公共政策教育部および国際・公共政策研究部がある。附置研究所に経済研究所（1940年創設の東亜経済研究所が前身）があるほか、附属教育研究施設としてイノベーション研究センター、内外の社会科学古典の豊富なコレクションで知られる社会科学古典資料センターなどがある。2004年4月、国立大学法人法の施行に伴って、国立大学法人となる。本部は東京都国立(くにたち)市中2-1。

［馬越　徹］

『一橋大学編・刊『一橋大学学問史』（1986）』▽『一橋大学編・刊『一橋大学百二十年史』（1995）』

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